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Scientific Method, Pollinators and Flowers

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What flowers have been growing in our learning garden?

a)

Zinnia

b)

Marigolds

c)

Bee balm

d)

Sunflowers

2.

What do bees pick up on their legs when they sit on a flower?

a)

pollen

b)

nectar

c)

seeds

d)

petals pieces

3.

If we watch a bee land on flowers, then we can see which flowers they like best.

a)

This is a hypothetical statement

b)

This is an experimental procedure

c)

This is a qualitative data point

d)

This is a hypothesis

4.

Bees use pollen...

a)

as a part of honey making

b)

a colorful sprinkle for the royal jelly

c)

as a protein source

d)

to sharpen their stingers

5.

The kind of data you would collect if you followed another student's procedure to make toast would be...

a)

Koalaitative data

b)

Questionable data

c)

Quantitative data

d)

Qualitative data

6.

Check the boxes that are steps in the Scientific Method.

a)

doing experiments

b)

analyzing results

c)

making observations

d)

making hypotheses

e)

summarizing and reporting results

7.

How many generations of monarch butterflies make the journey from Mexico to Canada each year?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

1

8.

In our flower experiment we saw lots of interesting results. How would you report our results?

a)

The flowers were all affected by what we dissolved in water therefore our hypothesis was correct.

b)

Some of the flowers were affected by what we dissolved in water therefore our hypothesis was correct.

c)

If there was thick or solid materials in the water they clogged up the stem and the capillary action couldn't happen.

d)

Some of the flowers were affected, but we can't say that our hypothesis was correct for all things dissolved in water. We should do more experiments.

9.

What is true about female and male bees

a)

Male bees are drones and take care of the queen.

b)

Female bees are smaller and can't sting.

c)

Male bees collect nectar and pollen for the hive.

d)

Female bees scout out a new place for the older queen to live and help build the hive.

10.

Which science fields use the scientific method?

a)

Chemistry

b)

Biology

c)

Astronomy

d)

Climatology

e)

Geology

11.

The monarch caterpillar sheds its skin 5 times before it...

a)

becomes a butterfly

b)

encloses itself in a crysalis

c)

leaves Canada for the long trip back to Mexico

d)

lays eggs on the milkweed leaves

12.

Check all that are examples of quantitative data.

a)

Temperature on a thermometer

b)

The amount of nectar left on a flower measured in grams

c)

The color of the flower after 24 hours of capillary action

d)

The wind speed in meters/second

e)

The shape of zinnia seeds collected after pollination

13.

A good inference from our capillary action experiment would be...

a)

hot sauce is not good for all flowers

b)

blue watercolor paint might be too sticky to move up the stem of a flower

c)

caffeine in the coffee will make a flower turn dark brown

d)

blue food coloring will turn a sunflowers petals green.

14.

Select all that are true about bees.

a)

Bees have 4 eyes

b)

Bees can fly up to 20 miles per hour

c)

Bees are the best pollinators

d)

Bumble bees are better pollinators than honey bees

e)

Bees have only been around for the past 2,000 years

15.

The independent variable of our capillary action lab was...

a)

the level of water in the container

b)

the type of flower used

c)

the appearance of the flower after 24 hours

d)

the different solutions we created to test on the flowers

16.

The flower placed in just water was called the...

a)

quantitative sample

b)

control

c)

inference sample

d)

plain water test